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Avro 618 Ten, 619 Five, 624 Six and 642

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Produced Variants

Type 618 Ten
 
Licence built version of the Fokker F.VII/3m high wing airliner. The designation 'Ten' was adopted as the aircraft was capable of carrying two crew and eight passengers. Three 240 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVB powerplants.
Type 619 Five Five seat scaled down version of the Type 618. Three 105 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major powerplants.
Type 624 Six
 
Slightly larger variant of the Type 619 for two pilots plus four passengers. Three 105 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major powerplants.
Type 642/2m
 
 
Two crew, 16 passenger airliner based on the Type 618 with a new, larger fabric-covered welded steel fuselage, a modified Type 618 wing moved to the shoulder position, with the nose powerplant deleted and two 450 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VID powerplants mounted on the wing.
Type 642/4m As Type 642/2m to meet Specification 11/30. Four wing mounted 215 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC powerplants.


Projected Variants

Type 655Day bomber development of the Type 642/2m. Two Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar powerplants.


Production List
Type 618 Ten

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All Aircraft
C/n
Initial
Registration
Notes
 14 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1931.
 229  VH-UMH  To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Sky'.
 230  VH-UMG  To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Star'.
 231  VH-UMI  To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Moon'. Rebuilt February 1933 as VH-UXX 'Faith in Australia', c/n 1A.
 241  VH-UMF  Registered G-AADM for test flying at Woodford. To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Cloud'.
 371  VH-UNJ  To Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd.
 384  G-AASP  To Imperial Airways Ltd., Cairo. Named 'Achilles'.
 388  VH-UNA  To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Sun'.
 468  VH-UPI  To Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd.
 524  VT-ACT  To Indian State Airways.
 525  G-ABSP  Ferry registration. Delivered to the Egyptian Army Air Force (See Military Table).
 526  G-ABSR  Ferry registration. Delivered to the Egyptian Army Air Force (See Military Table).
 527  G-ACGF  To Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd.
 528  G-ABLU  To Imperial Airways.
 none    To Air Ministry for radio experiments (See Military Table).
Total Production   14

Aircraft Delivered As Military
Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 2 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Egyptian Army Air Force. Delivered January, 1932.
 F200 - F201  525-526  2      F201 to Indian National Airways September 1934 as VT-AFX.
 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 164779/32. Delivered July, 1936.
 K2682    1      Built to Works Order 3302.
 
Total Production
3
 
 
 



Type 619 Five

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C/n
Initial
Registration
Notes
 4 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1930.
 228  VP-KAE  To Wilson Airways Ltd named 'Knights of the Grail'
 370  VH-UNK  To Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd.
 383  G-AASO  Initially retained by A.V. Roe as demonstrator. To Wilson Airways Ltd as VP-KAH, operated in British marks, since the Kenyan registration not taken up.
 436  VP-KAD  To Wilson Airways Ltd named 'Knight Errant'
 2 aircraft converted from Type 624 Six.
 457  G-AAYR  Converted in 1931. To China via Hong Kong as VR-HAQ September 1931.
 458  G-ABBY  Converted in 1933 for AST Ltd.
Total Production (New Built)   4
Total Conversions   (2)



Type 624 Six

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C/n
Initial
Registration
Notes
 3 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1930.
 457  G-AAYR  Converted to Type 619 Five in 1931.
 458  G-ABBY  Converted to Type 619 Five.
 575  VR-HBF  To Far East Aviation Co Ltd; sold to China.
Total Production   3



Type 642/2m

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C/n
Initial
Registration
Notes
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, built in late 1933.
 642  G-ACFV  To Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. To W.R. Carpenter Ltd, N.G., as VH-UXD September 1936.
Total Production   1



Type 642/4m

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C/n
Initial
Registration
Notes
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, built in late 1934.
 773  VT-AFM  To Indian Government, named 'Star of India'. Impressed into RAF as L9166.
Total Production   1




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Type 618 Ten 14     14
 Type 619 Five 4 (2)   6
 Type 624 Six 3     3
 Type 642/2m 1     1
 Type 642/4m 1     1
  23 (2) 0  


Production References
  1. Avro Aircraft Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1965)
  2. British Isles Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-2011 (LAAS International, 2011)

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